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Glen
February 21, 2013, 05:16 PM
First time to come across this word. Is it used frequently? In our local newspaper the writer of a story mentioned a building that is aledaño a another building. It's actually across the street from it, so I wondered why not enfrente de that building. Just an error on the writer's part? or can it mean across the street as well?

JPablo
February 21, 2013, 07:47 PM
Seems an error (without much more context to judge), as "aledaño" means "adjoining, attaching to, bordering on...," although it could also be "neighboring".

On that count, "neighboring" would make it "correct", although it is not much used in this sense in my books...

Glen
February 21, 2013, 08:41 PM
Thanks JP. It's such a good-sounding word that I'd like to start using it in place of enfrente de and alrededor de,and as a noun in plural, los aledaños in place of los alrededores. Correct me if I'm wrong.

chileno
February 21, 2013, 09:21 PM
I wouldn't use it as alrededor, if it means that is separated by a street or even a smaller piece of land.

JPablo
February 21, 2013, 11:47 PM
Well, Moliner (usage in Spain) says you can...

1 adj. Lindante. Adegaño.
2 m. pl. Terreno alrededor de una población, inmediato a ella. *Alrededores. ¤ Terreno en los alrededores de un lugar cualquiera que se considera: ‘Vive en los aledaños del castillo’. Alrededores.

poli
February 22, 2013, 08:27 AM
Do you think colindante and aledaño are synonomous?

chileno
February 22, 2013, 09:31 AM
Alrededores, sí, pero lindantes, contiguos. O sea, limítrofes. ¿No?

AngelicaDeAlquezar
February 22, 2013, 11:24 AM
@Poli: Yes.

@Glen: Creo que nunca es sinónimo de enfente de, porque implica una separación entre los terrenos que describes (por ejemplo, la calle). Se usa siempre, como bien dice Chileno, para hablar de terrenos que comparten al menos un lado.

- Después de la explosión, las autoridades supervisaron que los edificios aledaños no tuvieran cuarteaduras.
- Yo vivo en la casa aledaña a la iglesita de la esquina; si hay boda, no puedo salir, porque siempre hay mucha gente.
- Tenemos que poner una cerca para marcar los límites de los territorios aledaños al nuestro.